Pick up free seeds from the Seed Library in Waldo Library! The Seed Library is a free resource available to the entire Kalamazoo community.
The Seed Library cabinet is located in Waldo Library on the first floor, adjacent to the rotunda entrance. Take home up to five seed packets per visit and stop back to resupply.
Over 1,100 seed packs are available now, and more inventory will be added over the spring and summer thanks to generous donations from growers and the seed community.
Western faculty and instructors are invited to apply for grant funding to adopt Open Educational Resources (OER) for their summer or fall 2026 and spring 2027 courses. The University Libraries will award up to five $1,000 grants. Grant applications due by April 17.
OERs are free and openly licensed and can replace traditional textbooks, helping students save money and allowing instructors to customize course content.
WMU faculty and staff now have access to the Siteimprove Learning Hub, which offers self-paced training focused on digital accessibility and inclusive web practices. Faculty and staff are encouraged to explore the platform and select learning paths that align with their roles and responsibilities.
These courses provide practical guidance for creating accessible websites, documents and digital content across web and learning management system (LMS) platforms, supporting WMU’s ongoing digital accessibility efforts.
Attend a Mental Health First Aid or safeTALK training to receive a 'Be Gentle With Your Mental' t-shirt! These trainings require a minimum of 15 registered attendees and are open to students, staff, and faculty. If this number is not met, the training may be canceled. More details and registration can be found at the links below.
The Evaluation Center is facilitating a five-day, hands-on evaluation planning retreat, May 11-15, 2026, for teams from educational, public sector, and nonprofit organizations. Participants will receive instruction, tools, practice, and guidance to develop meaningful and actionable evaluation plans during the retreat.
The retreat will benefit teams from WMU departments or grant-funded projects that are ready to jumpstart a new evaluation or assessment strategy or strengthen existing practices. The deeply discounted rate for WMU staff and faculty is $950 for a two-person team from the same department, and $300 for each additional person.
The event will take place at the Fetzer Center, and the fee includes breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily.
Heidi Weiss, instructor of foundation art and painting in the Gwen Frostic School of Art, has been named the 2026 WMU/KLC Community Literacy Fellow, a partnership between Western and the Kalamazoo Literacy Council. Weiss’ fellowship project supports the Edison Mural & Public Art Academy via the development of instructional materials and workshops that serve the Edison community. The curriculum focuses on mural-making foundations, longevity and maintenance—the planning, care and protection required for public art to endure. Building on WMU’s special topics mural course in the painting area, this work extends course-based curriculum into a community setting.
The Professional Support Staff Organization, the organization that advocates for the hourly, non-bargaining staff, is rebooting our Annual Spring Luncheon! The event will take place on Friday, May 15 at Heritage Hall from 11:30-1 p.m. All campus employees are welcome to attend. This year's theme is "80s Party", so start thinking about your rad costumes! We hope you can join us for an afternoon of chillin' with colleagues, a sweet lunch, totally awesome prizes, and big time fun with a special guest speaker! Get stoked, and stay tuned for RSVP information.
www.wmich.edu/psso
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